Railway stations in Angola

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Angola railway network (interactive version)
1067mm gauge tracks
610mm gauge tracks (closed)
;
1067mm proposed

Railway stations in Angola include:

Towns served by rail[]

North line (Luanda Railway) (CFL)[]

(Also known as Luanda Railway[1]) (originally 1000 mm gauge, now 1067 mm gauge)


  • Musseques – first passenger halt from port[6]
  • Comarca
  • Viana





Middle line[]

(610mm gauge = closed)

Central line (Benguela Railway) (CFB)[]

(all 1067 mm gauge)



  • Caála – junction
    • Cuima – branch terminus, line formerly continued to a mine at the Cunhangamua river

  • Benguela line junction
    • Proposed short cut line due 2012
    • Angola Benguela Railway (CFB)
    • Angola Luacano junction to Zambia[10]
    • Zambia Angola border checkpoint
    • Zambia Chingola, Zambia – railhead

South Line (Moçâmedes Railway) (CFM)[]

(originally 600 millimetres (2 ft 0 in) gauge,[11] converted to 1,067 millimetres (3 ft 6.0 in) gauge in the 1950s.)


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  • Cuto

Proposed[]

Northern[]

Central North[]

Central (Benguela line)[]

Central South[]

Southern[]



Maps[]

See also[]

  • Railway stations in Congo Brazzaville
  • Railway stations in Congo Kinshasa
  • Transport in Angola
  • Railway stations in Namibia

References[]

  1. ^ "Angola: Repair of Luanda Railway Complete in August". Angola Press Agency (Luanda). 22 January 2008. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  2. ^ Africa, Railways (27 July 2015). "LUANDA TRACK DOUBLING" (in en-za). Retrieved 5 July 2017.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  3. ^ Africa, Railways (27 July 2015). "LUANDA PROJECTIONS" (in en-za). Retrieved 5 July 2017.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  4. ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 October 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ Africa, Railways (27 July 2015). "CFL puts into operation two new hourly trains" (in en-za). Retrieved 5 July 2017.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  6. ^ "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  7. ^ a b Africa, Railways (27 July 2015). "ANGOLAN INTERNATIONAL RAIL LINKS" (in en-za). Retrieved 5 July 2017.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  8. ^ "Home". Railways Africa. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  9. ^ "Across Africa By Rail". Mikes.railhistory.railfan.net. 10 June 1929. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
  10. ^ a b RailwaysAfrica #4 2014, p. 06
  11. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Angola § Communications" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 39–40.[verification needed]
  12. ^ Africa, Railways (27 July 2015). "TEN ANGOLAN STATIONS INAUGURATED" (in en-za). Retrieved 5 July 2017.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  13. ^ RailwaysAfrica 5/2013 p. 20
  14. ^ Africa, Railways (27 July 2015). "INTERNATIONAL LINKS FOR ANGOLAN RAILWAYS" (in en-za). Retrieved 5 July 2017.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  15. ^ "Home". Railways Africa. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  16. ^ "OT Africa Line – Angola". Otal.com. 1 July 2004. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
  17. ^ a b Railway Gazette International September 2012, p. 42
  18. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  19. ^ "PMAESA – New railway line to link Zambia and Angola". www.pmaesa.org. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  20. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 October 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  21. ^ "klausdierks.com". klausdierks.com. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
  22. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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